Enjoy this intro tutorial to Boris FX Mocha AE - the Emmy award-winning planar tracking and masking plug-in bundled inside Adobe After Effects. See Mocha in a Minute and then take a more leisurely tour through your first project. Learn how to effectively track a screen, choose the right shapes to track and avoid common problems. In After Effects you'll apply motion tracking and masking data to complete your composition.
Video tutorial covers:
How to apply the Mocha AE plug-in.
Use Mocha AE for advanced planar motion tracking.
Use Mocha AE for advanced roto with tracked masks.
How to use Mocha tracking data in After Effects.
How to use Mocha masking data in After Effects.
Learn more about Mocha and Mocha Pro here : https://bit.ly/30FLFMZ
// U S E F U L L I N K S //
Download the footage and project here : https://bit.ly/mocha-quick-start
Watch the full Mocha Essentials course for free : https://borisfx.com/free-training/mocha-essentials/
Watch the Co-planar Explainer video : https://borisfx.com/videos/mocha-explainer-understanding-co-planar-and-the-surface/
Watch the 6 Top Mocha Mistakes video : https://borisfx.com/videos/top-6-mocha-ae-problems-common-track-data-mistakes/
//C H A P T E R L I S T //
00:00 Intro
00:23 Mocha in under a minute
01:13 Walkthrough - Adding Mocha to your footage
01:54 Mocha Workspace layouts
03:13 Creating the tracking shape
04:30 What to do before tracking
07:08 Using track mattes
08:25 Track options
09:11 Tracking the shapes
10:35 Trimming layers in Mocha
11:20 The most important lesson for Mocha AE
11:50 The Surface
12:59 The Grid
14:33 Inserting an image into the Surface
14:58 Creating a refined mask shape
16:01 Linking layers together
16:56 Making an exact mask shape
18:15 Using Mocha track data in After Effects
20:46 Using Mocha shape data in After Effects
22:38 The Handy Mocha Checklist
23:00 Conclusion